Question

During the 1980s, profit from the sale of weapons to Iran was used to
a) stop the communists in Costa Rica.
b) start a proxy war in El Salvador
c) support the Contras in Nicaragua.
d) stage a coup d'état in Guatemala

Answer 1

Answer: Had done quiz on edge the correct answer is C

Explanation: c) support the Contras in Nicaragua. Hope it helps sm1 ^-^

Answer 2

During the 1980s, profit from the sale of weapons to Iran was used to support the Contras in Nicaragua.

Contras

Contras were a rebel group (right-wing) present from 1979 to the 1990s in Nicaragua.

They opposed the Junta of National Reconstruction.

Contras has the backing from the U.S. agents and CIA.

America supported the Contras program by supplying goods through ferries.

America during the 1980s helped Nicaragua from the profit it earned from selling weapons to Iran.

The sale of weapons to Iran was disclosed after a plane crash in Nicaragua.

Thus option C is the correct answer.

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